We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. God will be constantly crossing our paths and canceling our plans by sending us people with claims and petitions….But it is part of the discipline of humility that we must not spare our hand where it can perform a service and that weContinue reading

John Green’s take on Black Friday

fishingboatproceeds: So I majored in religious studies and have spent a fair bit of time in church, which may color my thinking, but am I alone in thinking that Black Friday is clearly a religious observance? (I mean, obviously it’s a totally secular event and has nothing to do with God or gods or anything*.Continue reading “John Green’s take on Black Friday”

As humanity comes to participate more deeply in this Trinitarian knowing and loving of all things, it becomes more able to see the divine purpose in all things: a desire to delight the other, to give joy, and to share together in the happiness of mutual life. Because all creature are in fact expressions ofContinue reading